LEGAL BASE FOR VIETNAM VISA ON ARRIVAL

Clear up your concern about the legality of Vietnam VOA

Today, thanks to open policy of the Vietnamese Government to welcome more and more travelers to Vietnam, foreigners may find it much easier to get a visa to the country since there is currently two ways to do this. The FIRST one is to get a visa at Vietnam Embassy (traditional way to obtain a Vietnam visa) and the SECOND one is to get a visa on arrival (visa picked up at the airport with visa approval letter which is applied online in advance).

Although visa on arrival has been available for over 10 years and become more and more popular among travelers to Vietnam, it still confuses a few foreigners due to opposite sayings from others about this way of application. However, you do not need to worry at all when choosing visa on arrival. It is 100% legitimate.

What proves the legitimacy of visa on arrival?

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First of all, when speaking of Vietnam visa on arrival, visa approval letter should be included. The letter is an official permission allowing you – the visa applicant(s) to board and get visa stamped upon your arrival at Vietnam airport. But remember that although you submit your visa application to a travel agent and get the visa approval letter from the agent, the letter is issued by the Vietnam Immigration Department, not the travel agent. The agent only functions as connection between you and the Vietnam Immigration Department for visa approval letter processing.

The visa on arrival application portal launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

In addition, recently the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again confirmed the legitimacy of the visa on arrival upon their launch of an online visa application channel. As announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, it takes only 2 working days to process the visa application which is submitted online and email the visa approval letter to the visa applicant.

With such reasons, don’t think that visa on arrival is not legitimate. Once you get the visa approval letter, you will surely get visa stamped at the arrival airport in Vietnam.

The Entry, Exit and Residence laws for foreigners in Vietnam

Secondly, the legitimacy of visa on arrival has been once confirmed by article 6 of the Ordinance dated April 28, 2000 on Entry, Exit and Residence of foreigners in Vietnam, which states that foreigners applying for entry shall be granted visas at Vietnam’s international border gates in the following cases

They enter for funerals of their relatives, for visits to their seriously ill relatives;

They depart from countries where Vietnamese diplomatic missions and/or consulates are not available;

They enter for visits under programs organized by international tour enterprises of Vietnam;

They enter to provide urgent technical support for programs, projects; to give first-aid to seriously ill persons, accident victims; to provide rescue for victims of natural disasters and epidemics in Vietnam;

For other urgent reasons

Clear up your concern about the legality of Vietnam Visa on Arriva?

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What are the advantages?

Reliability

A visa on arrival is exactly similar to a visa issued by any Vietnam embassy/consulate with the same limitations and conditions attached to its use.

Convenience

No passport send-off, no queue at the Vietnam Embassy, no document required except a computer with internet access to apply for a Vietnam visa anywhere.

Flexibility

Your traveling time can be totally controlled with your demand for changing your travel plan in the last minutes being satisfied within a couple of days or even sooner.

Emergency Service

Your visa approval letter may be issued within 04 working hours since your submission of online visa application.

Likely save your cost

In case of applying online visa service, you will save your cost for transferring to Vietnam Embassy as well as shorten your time of waiting for a visa. In many cases, our Clients feedback that the total cost for service fee and stamping fee of visa on arrival is lower than that for full-stamped visa at Embassy. We recommend you to check those who have ever applied for visa on arrival in your own country for your reference.

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HOW TO APPLY VIETNAM VISA FROM HONG KONG?

For Hong Kong Passport holders

Vietnamese entry visa is required for all citizens of Hong Kong to enter Vietnam for any purposes, from visiting friends and families to going on a business trip or leisure vacation. Fortunately, Hong Kong passport holders these days are much easier to apply for visa to Vietnam, as there are two available ways to handle this matter.

Those planning to travel to Vietnam by land/ sea or wishing to obtain a fully-stamped visa on your passport before departure are advised to contact the nearest Vietnam Embassy in the country for visa application. Currently, there are many addresses of the consulate and embassy in Hong Kong, Beijing, Kum Ming, Nanning or Guangzhou. For detailed contact information of Vietnam Embassy and Consulate in Hong Kong and China, please click here: Vietnam Embassy.

Or, Applying for Visa on arrival with VietnamVisa.hk (visa picked up at Vietnam International Airports).

After applying an online Vietnam visa on arrival, you will receive a pre-approval letter for your visa application in advance; then you will get the visa stamped at the arrival airport in Vietnam. Although visa on arrival offers a special advantage, especially to those who live far from Vietnam Embassy, it is ONLY applicable to those reaching Vietnam by AIR.

For others who staying in Hong Kong

For other nationalities currently staying in Hong Kong, please check to make sure if your nationalities are included in the Vietnam visa exemption list (which shows the list of nationalities are allowed to enter Vietnam without an entry visa). If not, you are required to obtain a visa before traveling to Vietnam.

For those whose nationalities are supported with Vietnam visa on arrival, you can follow some simple steps listed here to apply for your visa with secured online application

Or, contact the nearest Vietnam Embassy in Hong Kong and China

In case visa on arrival is not available or you wish to apply for visa through Vietnam Embassy, please contact the nearest Vietnam Embassy in Hong Kongfor visa application or for more information. You are recommended to contact the embassy via phone call rather than email to avoid late responses. The application procedure at Vietnam Embassy may takes about 4 to 5 working days, therefore you are also recommended to contact them early prior to your departure date.

TESTIMONIALS

*** Couldn’t Believe How Easy It Was *** Easy & Excellent Service! Using the service made getting our Visa to Vietnam sooo EASY EASY EASY! At first I was skeptical because the process was so simple -> BUT We just booked it online, arrived at the airport in Vietnam. 10 mins later we had the Visa in our hands. n John & Kali

Disclaimers

Vietnamvisa.hk is a commercial website, not the official website of the Government.

Vietnamvisa.hk will assist you in submitting the visa application to the Vietnam Immigration Department (located in Vietnam); follow the required procedure to have your visa approval letter issued, then send the letter to you via email

When applying visa on arrival with Vietnamvisa.hk, the cost might be higher or lower than when you apply at Vietnam Embassies as the prices at the embassies vary from one to another.